The Yanan tribes were comprised of the
Yana and the Yahi, and were all of the speakers of the Yanan language.
They were semi-sedentary hunter/gatherers, and considered to be
formidable warriors. They lived in remote mountainous territory from the
Pit River south to Rock Creek and from the edge of the upper Sacramento
Valley to the headwaters of the eastern tributaries of the Sacramento
River. Most survived only a few years after the White influx. Ishi, the
famous last survivor of the Yahi, and a handful of northern Yana lived
into the next century.